my new 1962 Kodiak Magnum

[Ray Lyon]

I got this from the big auction site and it's a dandy. It has two holes on back of bow that were drilled for sight, but those can be filled. No stress lines whatsoever and a nice piece of wood in the riser. I'm contemplating refinishing to get rid of the yellowing, but the finish is in good shape.  It looks like there was a 5 line rest on it based on the shape and size.  The coin has a little black paint left, but it looks like it lost most of it. And wow, does it zip an arrow!  Brace looks a tad high and anyone with knowledge of proper heigth I'd gladly accept advice. This very well could be the turkey bow for the spring hunt.
 

 

 

 

[vintage-bears]

She's a beauty.....enjoy!

[Ray Lyon]

It's interesting how the grip is shaped in this bow.  Below the rest, it feels like a longbow grip, but on the top of the hand it's like a recurve.

Nick, I don't recall any tricks in bow restoration 101 about restoring black to coins (I think that's what this was??). Do you know of any tricks if I go down that road(I'm still weighing in on whether to refinish or not)?

[david janssen]

Beautiful bow Ray,
Good luck in the turkey woods.

[450 marlin]

Ray,
 Try polishing it with some Meguiar's Cleaner Car Wax , looks like it came from a smokers home...Bob York makes the correct arrow side plate .. [email protected]

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Looks like a 1953 lol      

Great looking bow, Congrats

[Barry Rowland]

Nice bow sir!

[Ray Lyon]

Originally posted by 450 marlin:
Ray,
 Try polishing it with some Meguiar's Cleaner Car Wax , looks like it came from a smokers home...Bob York makes the correct arrow side plate .. [email protected]

Thank's for the tips!

I'm thinking the discoloration is just the finish, similar to this 1971 Super K that I refinished last summer:

Refinished pic
 

Before pic
 

Other than messing up on the lettering size, I was pretty happy with the outcome.